CHAPTER XXIV

After chatting with Ren Wanying, she was then led by her in the summer and went up to the second floor to see Jin Yong.

As soon as I walked to the corner of the stairs, a person came down to meet him, and the two of them hurriedly stepped aside.

"Hey, it's you again?!Didn't you leave that day, why did you come back today?" the man came to Summer, but instead of continuing down, he stopped and said to him in a strange way.

Summer was stunned for a moment, and when I looked at it again, this person was not the editor He last time. When I saw it now, that face was still so annoying, rolling his dead fish eyes and glaring at his hanging eyebrows, as if someone owed him 800 yuan and didn't pay it back

"I told you that young people need to be patient, but you just won't listen. Why, the manuscript can't be sent, and now it's going to be brought to me for review?" Editor He said in a weird manner, "Tell you, don't have extravagant hopes." I've already given you a chance, but you didn't take it, and you can't blame anyone else. ”

Summer couldn't help but smile, I really don't know how such a stubborn and self-serving strange person managed to achieve this position as an editor. He was about to tell Editor He the truth, when Miss Ren on the side suddenly spoke.

"Excuse me, Editor Ho. Ah Tian doesn't have time to talk to you now, and Mr. Cha is waiting for him in the office at the moment. She said politely, but after listening to this, Editor He seemed to have been slapped suddenly, and her whole face turned red in an instant.

This slap is really too brittle! Just now, I was still talking about being ashamed to keep the summer out, but I didn't expect that people would have already caught Mr. Cha's line. Now that I think about it, I really looked like a clown jumping off the beam just now, and I lost the dead!

"Ah, then don't bother, please!" he said with a blushing face and a sneer, and then walked briskly downstairs with his head bowed. Because I ran too fast, I almost fell.

"Poof!" Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Ren Wanying couldn't help laughing.

Summer also feels very funny, "Thank you, Sister Wanying, for helping me out." ”

"You're welcome. This editor He has always been above the top and doesn't look down on people. I've wanted to fix him for a long time, but you gave me this opportunity. Ren Wanying said with a smile.

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After laughing, Ren Wanying took Summer to Jin Yong's office, "Mr. Cha, Summer is coming." ”

Jin Yong was kneeling on his desk to handle official business, and when he heard the voice, he raised his head and saw the summer in front of him at a glance.

"It's really a hero out of a teenager. He couldn't help but praise, he didn't expect Xia to be so young, "Mr. Xia, are you twenty years old this year?"

"Not yet, next year I'll be twenty years old. Xia waved his hand and said, he was born in August of 65 in this life, and his nineteenth birthday was only two months away.

"We're so young, we're all old in comparison. Jin Yong said with emotion.

He is just 60 years old this year, and although he is still healthy, he has already felt the severe deterioration of his physical strength. Before, he stayed up late to catch up with the manuscript, and he didn't sleep for three or two days, but now he can't stay up all night, and he has to drink ginseng tea to refresh himself.

"How can it be, Mr. Cha is only middle-aged, and he can at least fight for another thirty years. Summer said with a smile, if he remembered correctly, Jin Yongke was still alive until he crossed over.

"Then thank you for your good words. Jin Yong smiled and said, "By the way, I have already read your "The Eighth Bronze Man of Shaolin Temple", and I feel very good, and I want to get it to my "Ming Pao" for serialization." But before I do that, I want to ask you, did you write this novel?"

Summer nodded, "Of course, how dare I lie to Mr. Cha." Here's the follow-up episode I just wrote last night, and you'll know it when you see it. If Mr. Cha thinks that there is still a knife catcher behind the scenes, then I can continue to write it here on the spot. ”

"Okay, then let me have the pleasure of seeing it. Jin Yong originally asked a question as usual, but seeing that Xia answered so confidently, he also wanted to see what he was doing on the spot.

Summer nodded, asked for a pen and a piece of paper, and then lay down on the coffee table and wrote.

While he was creating, Jin Yong read his latest draft, and then nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, the plot is novel, the rhythm is smooth, the characters are prominent, very good." ”

"Mr. Cha, I'll write this first. At this time, Summer handed over a piece of paper that she had just filled and said.

"It's so fast. Seeing the dense handwriting on the paper, there were at least five or six hundred words, and this was only about ten minutes, Jin Yong couldn't help but be a little surprised, "More than 500 words in ten minutes, more than 3,000 words in an hour, it's almost comparable to Ni Wei, it's really quick-witted, and the future is terrifying!"

He took the summer manuscript and carefully reviewed it, sure enough, it was the same style, the same handwriting, it seems that the "Eighth Bronze Man of Shaolin Temple" was created by him, there is no doubt about it.

Jin Yong smiled and nodded, and then suddenly asked, "I have a question in my heart, I wonder if you can help me answer it?"

"Mr. Cha, excuse me. Summer was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"That's right, I see that your first manuscript has ugly handwriting on the front, neat handwriting in the middle, and beautiful handwriting in the back, it was originally written by the same person, why is there such a big difference?" Jin Yong asked, he had been wondering for several days, and he still couldn't figure out this reason.

When Xia heard him ask this, he was immediately startled, this question is really difficult to answer to be honest. Could it be that he told Jin Yong that it was because he had two souls in his body, and he didn't run in enough at the beginning, so his handwriting changed so much?! Then even if he didn't think he was mentally ill, he would probably retreat from himself.

After thinking about it again and again, he suddenly had an idea, "That's the case, Mr. Cha, in fact, I am a dragon and tiger martial artist under the Shaw Clan." On the day I wrote the book, I happened to have an injured hand, so I scribbled my handwriting. Later, the activity started, it was less painful, and the writing became better and better. ”

"Ah, I see. Jin Yong nodded in realization. If a person has an injury to his hand, it will indeed affect his writing.

"You just said you were a Dragon and Tiger Martial Master of the Shaw Clan?" he asked curiously.

"Yes, I have been dreaming of chivalry since I was a child, and I practiced martial arts with my master when I was very young, and I have practiced Bajiquan, Taijiquan, Shaolin Changquan, etc. Later, after dropping out of middle school, he followed his master to become a dragon and tiger martial artist. Summer briefly introduced.

"Ah, it turns out that you have real kung fu, no wonder. Jin Yong smiled and nodded.

Although he is a master of martial arts novels, he actually doesn't know how to fight at all. But he also knows that if a martial arts novel writer knows some kung fu, then the novel will be better.

Just like Pingjiang Buxiao, one of the two great masters of martial arts novels in the Republic of China, is born to Kairan, that is, he has real kung fu. In his works, he elaborated on the mystery of martial arts, especially pointed out the similarities and differences between inner and outer martial arts, which provided excellent material for the creation of martial arts novels for later generations.

And Zheng Zhengyin, one of the five masters of the Northern School, also learned Taijiquan, and practiced a beautiful nine-ring broadsword, and also performed on stage. Because he is a martial arts master himself, he created it vividly, with a clear and distinct move, and the martial arts story is like a treasure, creating a precedent for "gang technical attack".

"Very good, Mr. Xia, since you have such a good foundation and have the ambition to engage in the creation of martial arts novels, you must work hard. Jin Yong encouraged again, "Don't be complacent, let alone half-hearted. ”

Summer is only nineteen years old this year, and it is very rare to be able to write such a good work. And he still has real kung fu, which is more conducive to his creation. A good seedling like this must grow well, and it must not become a "hurt Zhongyong".

"I have memorized Mr. Cha's teachings. Summer nodded, but disagreed with his words.

Although writing novels can make money, it can't make a lot of money, at best, like Ni Orbit, he earns tens of millions of dollars. With such a small amount of money, you can't satisfy your appetite for summer.

"Okay, then let's talk about the issue of remuneration. Jin Yong said with a smile, making Summer suddenly come to the spirit.

"That's the case, the remuneration of our "Ming Pao" has never been high, and everyone like Gu Long and Ni Jing is only 200 yuan per thousand words. You are still a newcomer, so the manuscript fee can only be set at 50 yuan per thousand words. Kim Yong explained to Summer.

Summer was stunned for a moment, and her heart quickly calculated. Fifty yuan for 1,000 words, 3,000 words for an hour, is 150 yuan, and 2,400 yuan a day, which is more profitable than being a dragon and tiger martial artist.

But it's only more than 2,000 yuan a day, and if you want to make a movie by writing a book to make a movie, you have to wait at least another two years, and you don't have so much time to waste.

As soon as he thought of this, the mood that had just been repaid in the summer suddenly cooled down again, "Mr. Cha, can you improve a little more?" I won't tell you, my father now owes nearly 300,000 yuan to a loan shark, and I must repay this money as soon as possible." ”

"Well, if you can sign an exclusive contract with our Ming Pao newspaper to serialize this novel in our newspaper, then I will add another 60% of your remuneration. Jin Yong heard him say this and proposed again.

"Can it be serialized in other newspapers?" asked Summer, puzzled, thinking that like the later online novels, it could only be serialized on one website.

Jin Yong twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling a little crying and laughing, as if he had buried himself in a pit just now.

Summer didn't know the rules of this, and thought it could only be serialized in a newspaper, but now because of himself, he already knows. If he had taken the novel to other newspapers and serialized it, Ming Pao would have lost this "exclusive" novel.

"Okay, I'll agree to sign an exclusive contract. Just when Jin Yong was worried, he suddenly heard Xia laugh.

The manuscript fee is added to 60%, that is, 80 yuan for 1,000 words. Writing for 16 hours a day is 100,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, which is already a good income.

Of course, it may be possible to get a higher remuneration for serializing in other newspapers, but Ming Pao has an advantage that other newspapers do not have, that is, its influence among Hong Kong's middle class.

Becoming famous in Ming Pao is much more valuable than becoming famous in other newspapers, which cannot be bought with money.

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